- Atchafalaya and Mississippi River Deltas Study - A Tale of Two Deltas
USGS project working to better understand and assess lower Mississippi sediment-hosted pollutant transport.
gulfsci.usgs.gov/missriv/index.html
- Friends of the Mississippi River
Working to protect and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities area.
www.fmr.org
- Great River Greening
Nonprofit organization helping towns along the Mississippi River improve natural areas and wildlife habitat through the work of citizen volunteers.
www.greatrivergreening.org
- Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Promotes protection, restoration, enforcement, understanding, awareness and wise use of natural resources of the lower Mississippi River.
www.lmrcc.org
- Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
Tracking lower Mississippi River conditions. Flooding outlook maps and alerts for the region from the National Weather Service.
www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc
- Mark Twain's Mississippi
Digital library of Twain's own Mississippi novels and reminiscences plus additional texts, photographs, and sound files that describe life in the the Mississippi Valley from the 1830s to the 1890s.
dig.lib.niu.edu/twain
- Mississippi Headwaters Board
MHB is an eight county joint powers board organized to preserve and protect the Mississippi River.
www.mhbriverwatch.dst.mn.us
- Mississippi River Parkway Commission
Multi-state organization which works collectively to preserve, promote, and enhance the scenic, historic, and recreational resources of the Mississippi River.
www.mississippi-river.com
- Mississippi River Watch
Includes forecasts and flood info for the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny, and Kanawha Rivers.
www.riverwatch.noaa.gov
- Mississippi, The: River of Song
Smithsonian Institution series for public television and radio that explores contemporary music along the Mississippi.
www.pbs.org/riverofsong
- National Water Quality Assessment Program
Surface- and ground-water quality analysis, bed-sediment chemistry, and aquatic ecology in the Upper Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
wwwmn.cr.usgs.gov/umis
- Old Man River
Covers news, events, photography, history, cultures, environment and other information related to the Upper Mississippi River.
www.oldmanriver.com
- Pictures of the Mississippi River
Scenic photos of the Mississippi River.
www.photovault.com/Link/Nature/Midwest/sMississippi/MississippiRiver.html
- Trouble Downstream: Upgrading Conservation Compliance
Learn about the agricultural and environmental problems of the Mississippi River Basin watershed. This report from the Environmental Working Group highlights the successes and shortcomings of the conservation compliance policy and sheds light on the nationwide problem of agricultural soil erosion and nutrient pollution.
www.ewg.org/reports/compliance
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division
Focused on Mississippi River flood control and navigation.
www.mvd.usace.army.mil
- Wikipedia: Mississippi River
Profile of the largest river system in North America that drains most of the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
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